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About the author Karena Halvorssen

International Editor • Karena is a sophomore at The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, concentrating in Latin America. Karena is an intern for the Human Rights Foundation. Her passions include human rights, memes, and arepas. Follow her on Twitter @khalvorssen.

Woman emerges from swirling debris after mudslide in Peru Weeks of rain in Peru have caused rivers to rise and people to flee. At least 62 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after heavy rain continued its wave of destruction since the

Foreigners who support a boycott of Israel are now banned from entering the country ISRAEL – The Israeli Knesset passed a bill on Monday night that will bar foreigners who have made “public calls” supporting the international boycott movement against Israel and its settlements in

CNN en Español kicked off air in Venezuela VENEZUELA – The Venezuelan government rang the CNN fake news bell yesterday, pulling the plug from CNN en Español after it aired a story uncovering a scheme in which Venezuelan authorities may have issued passports and visas to

6 dead in Quebec mosque shooting CANADA – Tragedy erupted in Quebec City Sunday as a lone gunman opened fire during an evening prayer service at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center, killing 6 people and wounding 19 others. French-Canadian student Alexandre Bissonette has been charged with

Gambia secures first peaceful transition since 1965 The Fall of Africa’s Loneliest Despot Yahya Jammeh, Gambia’s autocratic leader for the past 20 years, finally stepped down as president on Saturday, escaping on his private jet into exile in Equatorial Guinea – a country conveniently not

Since the rise of Myanmar’s Buddhist government in 2012, there has been greater conflict between the country’s Rohingya Muslim population and its government. The conflict prompted the rise of a Muslim insurgency called the Faith Movement which has consistently clashed with the Myanmar military. Recently,

In the wake of the U.S. presidential election and the road to the inauguration, here is a special international media edition of World News You Missed. Earlier this month, Haaretz, an Israeli daily reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had offered media mogul Arnon Mozes a

In northeastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram has maintained a vast stronghold, famine has taken over, causing the UN to determine that as many as 75,000 children may die. The influence of Islamic extremist group in the area has caused many farms to close and has subsequently

Kosuke Tsuneoka, a Japanese freelance war correspondent was arrested by Kurdish authorities on November 1st. Tsuneoka, 46, was reporting on the Kurdish and Iraqi battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State control. The Associated Press reports that he was captured by Kurdish peshmerga forces who

Yesterday, the Newseum, together with Reporters without Borders, unveiled a banner on the front of the museum in honor of American freelance journalist Austin Tice who has been held captive in Syria since 2012. Tice is the only American journalist held captive abroad. He was one